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Hispanic Studies at William & Mary

 

Introduction

Welcome to Hispanic Studies. At the core of this discipline you will find a faculty committed to intellectual inquiry, an energetic and informed student body, and a curriculum designed around a broad range of compelling national and transnational issues. The Hispanic Studies curriculum includes studies of Spanish, Latin American and U.S. Latino/a cultural production. Through the study of cultural products (e.g., literature, film, art, popular culture and journalism) students learn about significant political and historical events and engage complex, socio-cultural issues. Most Hispanic Studies courses are taught in Spanish.

The Hispanic Studies curriculum is designed to help students formulate research questions and to engage in independent scholarly work at an advanced level. Faculty research generates and strengthens the discipline. The same is true for student work. In both cases, the program's scholarship closely reflects the kind of Hispanic Studies research currently conducted nationally and internationally in the field.

 

Examples of scholarship by Hispanic Studies faculty

Arries, Jonathan. "Critical Pedagogy and Service-Learning" In Service Learning in Spanish. AAUP,1999.
Buck, Carla. Under Construction: The Architecture of Contemporary Spanish Documentaries.In Progress.
Cate-Arries, Francie. Spanish Culture Behind Barbed-Wire. (Bucknell UP, 2004).
Greenia, George, Ed. Castillian Writers 1200-1300, 1300-1400, 1400-1500. 3 vols. Dictionary of Literary Biography. Thompson/Gale, 2004.
Longo, Teresa , Ed. Pablo Neruda and the U.S. Culture Industry. Routledge, 2002.
Marchante-Aragon, Lucas. "Temples of Dynastic Memory in the Seventeenth Century: Valladolid and London." Viator: Medieval and Renaissance Studies. 36 (2005).
Root, Regina, Ed. Latin American Fashion. Forthcoming at Berg Press.
Stock, Ann Marie. Exhibiting Identiy: Mulicultural America, the Smithsonian and the Vidal Collection. In Progress.
Tandeciarz, Silvia, and Alice Nelson, Trans. The Insubordination of Signs and Masculine/Feminine both by Nelly Richard. Forthcoming at Duke University Press.

Examples of scholarship by Hispanic Studies students

Hampton, Neal. "El hombre con la maquina de escribir: Marquez, Castro y el poder del intelectual." HS 391: Issues in Canon Formation, Fall 2003.
Capron, Kelly. "The Bust of the Latin Boom: Shakira, y la creacion del paquete corporativo." HS 493: Senior Seminar, Fall, 2002.
Cipperly, John. "La transicion neoliberal chilena desde la concertacion." HS 492: Independent Study, Spring 2003.
Gilbert, Diana. "Maquiladoras and Border Identity." HS 495-496: Honors Thesis, Fall 2002 and Spring 2003.

The Hispanic Studies major places high value on socio-cultural issues, interdisciplinary inquiry, scholarly research, and community engagement -- both locally and abroad. The following requirements reflect these values: an introductory methods course which provides an overview of pertinent issues in the field; five "core courses" designed around a research question and implemented in interdisciplinary terms; a community-based "practicum" with a mentored field experience; and a senior seminar where students synthesize their Hispanic Studies course work and field experiences. For further details on these and other requirements of the major, please consult the catalogue.